Category: Food Holidays

RECIPE: Strawberry Shortcake – Tiramisu Fusion

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[1] Today’s recipe: an Italian spin on strawberry shortcake (photo courtesy King Arthur Flour). [2] You can buy strawberries year-round, but summer strawberries are (no surprise) the sweetest (photo courtesy California Strawberries). A traditional strawberry shortcake combines strawberry, whipped cream and biscuits. It might have been a way to use leftover biscuits (photo courtesy Driscoll’s…
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The Best Foods To Pair With Rosé Wines

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June 10th is National Rosé Day. Unlike Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, and the other grape varietals, there is no “rosé grape.” Rosé (French for pink) wine can be made from any variety of red grapes. As a result, the styles and flavors from different wine-making regions vary widely. The pink color occurs is when the red…
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RECIPE: Strawberry-Rhubarb Bars With Cream Cheese Frosting

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Strawberry rhubarb bars, ready for dessert or a cup of tea (photo © Adore Foods). Strawberry and rhubarb, spring produce for a spring food holiday (photo © Dessert First Girl).   June 10th is National Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie Day. (There are more rhubarb holidays, including January 23rd, National Rhubarb Pie Day, and October, National Rhubarb Month.)…
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FOOD FUN: Cheese Omakase, A Cheese Tasting Dinner

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Like sushi? Like cheese? In honor of National Cheese Day, June 4th, combine them both. We don’t mean the Philadelphia roll, the only mainstream sushi with cheese (Philadelphia cream cheese and smoked salmon, to be precise. But last year, Rachel Freier, a cheese monger at Murray’s Cheese Bar in Greenwich Village, created a whimsical yet…
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RECIPE: Hazelnut Crunch Cake Layer Cake

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June 1st National Hazelnut Cake Day (see all of the food holidays). We used to make one every year with a delicious, but alas discontinued, white chocolate hazelnut cake mix from The King’s Cupboard (which still makes some of the best chocolate and caramel sauces, including organic and sugar-free varieties). So we had to search…
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